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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Fiji |
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| Year | 1937-1951 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a rich multicolour scheme of orange, blue, green, pink, and brown, consisting entirely of elaborate guilloche lathe-work with no pictorial vignette. A large central oval cartouche of wavy-line engine-turning carries the inscription GOVERNMENT OF FIJI in a recessed panel, flanked symmetrically by interlocking geometric and foliate guilloche panels extending to the borders. A plain circular reserve at the right serves as the watermark space. |
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| Protection description | Plain circular watermark area visible on both obverse (left) and reverse (right) of the note |
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Fiji retained the pound sterling system through this entire series, with the Government — not a central bank — acting as sole currency authority until the Reserve Bank of Fiji was established in 1984. The three-signature format across all dates reflects the Colonial Treasury's internal controls: typically a Treasurer, an Auditor, and a Financial Secretary or equivalent, though exact role assignments shifted with personnel changes.
The wartime dates are the ones worth watching. The 01.07.1943 date falls during Japanese advance in the Pacific, when Fiji served as a critical Allied staging base; currency held in circulation there faced unusual handling conditions. The 1937 signature combinations are the scarcest — only two date points in the first two years before the Robertson-era signatures took over for most of the 1940s.